The New York Yankees managed to stay ahead of the Boston Red Sox, 3 to 2, on May 21, 1972.

1972 New York Yankees

Final

BOS

Red Sox

9-17

2

NYY

Yankees

12-15

3

BOS

NYY

1

0

2

2

0

0

3

0

1

4

1

0

5

1

0

6

0

0

7

0

0

8

0

0

9

0

R

2

3

H

7

10

E

1

1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Tommy Harper CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
Luis Aparicio SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reggie Smith RF 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 2
Duane Josephson 1B 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Rico Petrocelli 3B 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Phil Gagliano LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Doug Griffin 2B 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Bob Montgomery C 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rick Miller PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Peters P 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
John Kennedy PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Luis Tiant P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danny Cater PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bob Gallagher PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2 0 4 7 1 0 7

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Gary Peters (L) 6.0 9 3 3 3 5 0
Luis Tiant 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 8.0 10 3 3 3 7 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Horace Clarke 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rusty Torres RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Bobby Murcer CF 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Roy White LF 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 4
Felipe Alou 1B 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
John Ellis C 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Rich McKinney 3B 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1
Hal Lanier 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gene Michael SS 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
Mike Kekich P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sparky Lyle P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 10 2 0 3 7 1 1 13

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Kekich (W) 7.0 6 2 1 3 6 0
Sparky Lyle (S) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 0
Totals 9.0 7 2 1 4 7 0

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